Senior Director: AI-Driven Software Engineering (Hybrid)

UnitedHealth Group; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group, via Optum, seeks a Senior Director of Software Engineering to set technical direction for a large, multi-platform engineering organisation. You’ll drive AI-powered platforms and cloud-native architecture, partnering with product and business leaders to deliver scalable, responsible AI-enabled healthcare solutions.

You will shape engineering standards, mentor senior engineers, and lead cross-functional teams across Dublin in a hybrid model, balancing office and remote work.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in professional software engineering, incl. designing and building large-scale, multi-platform apps.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and engineering managers.
• Proven ability designing AI-powered applications and ML systems.
• Experience with enterprise cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP) and modern architectures.
• Experience establishing engineering standards and CI/CD practices.
• Healthcare industry experience is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and technical direction for a large-scale software organisation across architecture, design, and deployment of complex systems.
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of enterprise-scale AI-powered solutions and platforms with responsible AI.
• Strategically use AI to solve problems, unlock opportunities, and deliver business value.
• Champion AI as a core driver and shape how AI is developed, deployed, and utilized.
• Champion ethical AI with transparency, fairness, and accountability throughout the lifecycle.
• Integrate enterprise AI tools and align hiring with AI competencies to accelerate adoption.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to inform solution design and keep the organisation at the forefront.
• Empower teams to leverage enterprise AI tools, streamline workflows, and improve delivery velocity and quality.
• Drive engineering excellence, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and cloud-native delivery across squads.
• Foster continuous learning, mentoring of engineers and leaders, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Collaborate with business leaders to translate vision into scalable technology solutions.

Skills

Senior leadership

Software architecture

AI/ML

Cloud platforms

DevSecOps

Healthcare experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

TensorFlow

PyTorch

LangChain/OpenAI APIs

Job description

UnitedHealth Group, via Optum, seeks a Senior Director of Software Engineering to set technical direction for a large, multi-platform engineering organisation. You’ll drive AI-powered platforms and cloud-native architecture, partnering with product and business leaders to deliver scalable, responsible AI-enabled healthcare solutions.

You will shape engineering standards, mentor senior engineers, and lead cross-functional teams across Dublin in a hybrid model, balancing office and remote work.